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Lit 101The Interobang‽
The interrobang or interabang, ‽, is a nonstandard English-language punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also called the interrogative point) and the exclamation mark or exclamation point (known in printers' jargon as the bang). The ligature is a superimposition of those two marks. The interobang was invented 1962 by an advertising executive, but today is the first we've heard of it. We have Newspaper Escape Plan to thank for our punctuation education. The World's First TweetbookSomeone turned two years of tweets into a book. Self-published, of course, and not for general release. The author, design and marketing consultant James Bridle, explains the reasons for creating the tweetbook on his blog, booktwo.org: I wanted to test Lulu's capacity for hardback books, to continue experimenting with the literary cornucopia machine, and to see if you could make a traditional diary/journal in retrospect. And you can, and it's quite nice (apart from some weird kerning issues). No, most of it doesn't mean anything, certainly not to anyone else, but it makes physical a very real time and effort. Kerning is a typographical term. Something to do with the space between letters. This guy is hardcore, is what we're saying.
SAT Prep Book By Emmy-Nominated ComedianKnow someone who wants to ace the SAT but doesn't give a damn when the third train carrying the iguanas will arrive at the station? Then put your faith -- and SAT score -- in the capable hands of Charles Horn, PhD, Emmy-nominated writer (Robot Chicken) and, of course, SAT prep tutor. Horn has a new book out, The Laugh Out Loud Guide: Ace the SAT Exam without Boring Yourself to Sleep! (Andrews McMeel). It's filled with standard-issue formulas twisted into ironic oblivion:
1. Yo Momma so _______, when you mail her a letter, you need two zip codes. We met Horn two years ago at Math Club. He was nice enough to talk to us then, and he's nice enough (and in enough need of free publicity) to talk to us again: Michael Crichton, 66
The beloved author of The Andromeda Strain, and Jurassic Park and the creator of ER, Michael Crichton died yesterday after a private battle with cancer. More here. Best Press Release. Ever.
An Open Letter To Saturday Night Live From www.firstwivesworld.com Writers Rock The (Too Young To) Vote
About 50 writers have signed on so far, and the site goes live on Monday, Sept. 22. Daily blog posts will feature different writers, with readers able to make their own pages, talk in forums and contribute video and photos.
We love the enthusiasm, but if you really want to turn an election, park Obama-rama vans along the perimeters of Colorado, Nevada and Indiana and give out Dark Knight bootlegs to anybody sporting peach fuzz and acne. David Foster Wallace Found Dead
A memorial is planned at Pomona College where Wallace taught. Sarah Palin Tried to Ban Library Books According to ABC ReportThis is a Brian Ross report on Sarah Palin's stint as mayor of a small town and harasser of librarians. We think it's funny that she wanted to remove Go Ask Alice, a book about an out of control sexually promiscuous teenager...hehe. Maybe she had to control information because she is so close to Russia... Why Does MySpace Suck? Two Local Authors Have the Answer
Bowlin and Carr take readers inside the doors of MySpace and recount the events of a 2006 meeting between the authors and MySpace executives. The two create a case study to show how MySpace has become a one-hit wonder reaching 'has-been' status as quickly as stardom--all because it chose to ignore the fate of feature fatigue. Even this behemoth of a company that became the topic of every lunch conversation and found its way into almost every advertising budget, isn't indestructible. Subject to the fickle audience to which it catered, MySpace.com needed a salvaging opportunity--fast! The authors tell the company's promising beginnings to its pending doom and how MySpace executives rejected an exciting, intriguing opportunity that would have repositioned them as the leader in social impacting, and instead, settled for 'safe and sorry.' Bowlin and Carr, the Opportunity Analysts, also show how companies such as Dow, Citigroup, Cisco, Keen Footwear, MSN and Coca-Cola aren't making the same mistake and how they stay relevant, attractive and desirable in today's hormonally-charged marketplace. Impotence? STDs? Hormonally-charged? We're no marketing experts, but isn't it bad practice to associate your message with lumps, bumps, pus and zits? Joe Eszterhas' Non-Sharon Stone Love Child
PreviouslyAdam Nimoy: The Launch of a New Genre? Jade Lee Gets Book Deal at Comic Con Christian Bale Didn't Beat Up Gloria Steinem...That We Know Of Larry King Gets a Square and Another Book Jonah Goldberg is Still a Tool Commie Girl Comes to L.A. -- For a Book Reading LAT Launches Some Bright, Shiny Softballs at James Frey Blogger Turned Author Turned Racism Lighting Rod?...Oops Mark Sarvas Will Be at Vroman's Bookstore Tonight We Dare You To Watch This Peggy Seltzer Video and Not Cringe At Least Once Festival of Books - "Agent Voices" FBLA Exclusive: Carly Milne in the Limelight Peggy Seltzer's Eco-Terrorist Past Uncovered Margaret B. Jones/Peggy Seltzer: Inga Muscio Speaks Vroman's Named Bookseller of the Year Margaret Jones/Peggy Seltzer Toteboard Margaret Jones /Peggy Seltzer's Childhood on the Reservation/Professor Duped Bree: Name of the Faux? Peggy Seltzer and Lonely Girl 15 Margaret B. Jones/Peggy Seltzer: Foundation a Fake, But What About Her Tattoo? Margaret B Jones, Margaret Seltzer, Peggy --Aw to Hell With It! Peggy Seltzer/Margaret B. Jones/Fake Memoir News Continues Mo' Margaret B., Mo' Peggy Seltzer. Mo Fiction Gangbanger Margaret B. Jones is Really Peggy Seltzer, Valley Girl Margaret B. Jones: South Central Memoirist 'An Ordinary Spy' Goes Hollywood It's Official: Dutton's To Close In April More JT LeRoy--Nancy Rommelmann in LA Weekly Erica Jong's Big Mistake: Suing Julia Phillips Deborah Chesher: Everyone I Shot is Dead Paula Kamen on Iris Chang, Conspiracy Theories Gerard Jones, Author of Ginny Good, Still Most Rejected Author Red The Book: Read The Future Of Writing Mark Haskell Smith: Kids Don't Read the Classics J. K. Rowling is Greedy: Salon Revengerella by Amy Alkon: Book Deal! Eric Hiss Talks about LA Walks Steve Almond Finds Way to Boost Technorati Rank: Attack Gawker LeGuin Accepts Doctorow's Apology For Copyright Violation National Book Award Finalists Announced Book Notes: See vs. Khakpour/Handel & Baell/LATBR vs. English Language Dutton's: Brentwood's Bookish-Types To Raise A Row Dominck Dunne To Contribute to If I Did It Campaign to Save Bukowski's Home Publicist Pokes Fun at Richie in 'Cookbook' Lucy Silag On Not Gossiping in Salon (Psst: Jane Smiley's Kid) On the Road with Laura Albert & Alan Feuer Claire Bidwell Smith: How to Write a Book in 10 Weeks Can a Dog Have a Bris? Find Out in How To Raise a Jewish Dog Freak Show Marathon: James St. James Nick Antosca Doesn't Get Miranda July/Wishes He Did Kristin Gore's Second Novel Out in July Laura Albert Takes the Stand/Mystery Doc. Maker Revealed Cabrini Literary Guild Awards Young Writers FBLA EXCLUSIVE: Getting Sick With Jonathan Cohn WeHo Novelist Katherine Taylor Writes Rules Bonham's Books and Manuscripts Auction: Capote, Chandler, Linus Van Pelt From The Annals Of 'Why Didn't I Think Of That' If We Did It ... It Would Have Been Done A Month Ago Duttons of Beverly Hills to Close Laura Albert, Creator of JT LeRoy, Speaks Out Again and Again Bid on Ebay Now: OJ Simpson's Non-Book Sold 100 Copies We Like You, Too. Amy Sedaris Charms Beverly Hills Judith Regan--No Pinot, No Merlot, No Two-Buck Chuck? Teens: Not All Have Been There And Done That Steven Oney on Bo Belinsky--Best Sports Writing Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Makes An Ass of Herself. Again. A Clean, Well-Lighted Space, Going 90--Writers At Work Cartoon Dog "Writes" Book, America Plays Along Salman Rushdie --Chance Encounter at LAX Mike and the Bike and the Book Bill Moyers' Son, Sober And At Vroman's You, Too, Can Own a Little Piece of Mr. Capote Michael Silverblatt Needs New Pick-up Line Your Name Here, Our Name Here--For a Price Alexandra Jacobs Not a Moron, We're Sorry to Say Non-Blonde Amy Wilentz Not Having Fun Wilful Creatures: Aimee Bender Meets Luke Ford Don't Forget It, Jake, It's Chinatown Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Read--Author's Feast Approaches You Can Pray For Mike Shermer--He Doesn't Mind He Talks to Novelists So We Don't Have To: Mr. Books Can't We All Just Get Along with Tommy Chong? Meet the Author of My Parents Went Through the Holocaust and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt |
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